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Dar Sila is the name of the wandering
sultanate of the
Dar Sila Daju, a multi-tribal
ethnic group in
Chad and
Sudan. The number of the persons in this group exceeds 50,000. They speak Dar Sila Daju, a Nilo-Saharan language. Most members of this ethnic group are
Muslims.
Location
Geographically, Dar Sila is located in southeastern territory of the Republic of Chad. It borders the
Salamat Region of Chad in the North,
Ouaddaï Region and
Assoungha Department of Chad in the southeast, and
Darfur Region of
Sudan to the west.
Capital
Its
capital is
Goz Beïda which means in
Arabic "the white sand dune" upon which the first city was established in Chad.
History
It is history goes back to
Darfur when Sultan Omar Kasefroge, the last
sultan of Darfur during the Daju rule of this area, who ordered removal of Jabel Daju in order to join the other 99 Daju Jabels. Consequently, many adults and warriors died.
According to Colonel Largeau, Commander in Chief of Goz Beida during the
French invasion of Dar Sila, a
manuscript was found at the palace of the Sultan Moustafa walad Sultan Bakhit tracing the
origin of the Daju. It states that the Daju came and ruled Darfur long ago from
Yemen in
619 to
892 until
1212 AD then left Jabel Marra to Hajar Kadjano in
1417 to
1612 A.D.
The above dates suggest that they might have reached Dar Sila in
1613 to
1614 A.D.
Chronology of sultans
Chronology of the Sultans of Dar Sila began with one of Kaseforge's sons, Sultan Ahmed al-Daj. He was followed by Sultan Ibrahim, Sultan Adam, Sultan Hassaballah, Sultan Habib, Sultan Shuaeib, Sultan Salih, Sultan Issa Hajar, Sultan Abd el-Karim, Sultan Abd el-Latif, Sultan El-Haj Bolad, Sultan Ishaq Abu-Risha, Sultan Mohamed Bakhit and his son Sultan Moustafa.
A brother of Sultan Ahmed el-Daj called Farouk "Ferne" refused to live in one sultanate in Dar Sila. Therefore he led his clans and soldiers to settle in
Mongo where he established another small sultanate known as Dar Daju in the
Guera Province to the west of Dar Sila.
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